Album Of The Day: Cush by Cush

Album Art of Cush's self-titled album - In front of a bright, blue sky, a man in a red jacket is skiing down a hillside and is photographed from the side. The person is looking down and is flying through the air, kicking up snow like he probably just jumped off some part of the hill. His hands and poles are in the air, and below his skis you can see far-off a beautiful mountainside and even clouds. Printed on top of the blue sky on the right side is the word 'cush' in white, with a darker blue line below it offset slightly to the right.

Released 26 years ago today, this is the first album from a collective of musicians that are just known as "Cush". Members of California's '90s Christian rock scene contribute in various ways that are not detailed in the credits with Michael Knott taking the lead vocals on this release. With 12 tracks spanning 65 minutes, most of the song are 5-6 minutes of slow-burning rock, soaring melodies and layers of guitars. It's great music and the musicians and songwriters from The Prayer Chain, The Violet Burning, Adam Again, The Lost Dogs, The Lassie Foundation, Fold Zandura, and Starflyer 59 are clearly very talented. The lyrics get pretty philosophical and have some religious themes to them, but I think anyone who appreciates rock will like this music. This is one of those albums that when I listen to it, I realize that if I listened to it more, I would like it even more. I definitely should try to come back to his again. Sadly, it seems to be not currently on streaming services, but you can find it on the Northern Records Bandcamp page.

Release Year: 2000
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